Aida Touma-Suleiman
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| Date of birth | 16 July 1964 |
| Place of birth | Nazareth, Israel |
| Knessets | 20 |
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| 2015– | Joint List |
Aida Touma-Suleiman (Arabic: عايدة توما سليمان, Hebrew: עאידה תומא סלימאן; born 16 July 1964) is an Israeli Arab journalist and politician.
Touma-Suleiman was born in Nazareth, Israel into a Christian Arab family, and gained a B.A. in psychology and Arabic literature from the University of Haifa.
She founded the Arab feminist group Women Against Violence in 1992, and has been its CEO since its foundation. She joined the Hadash party, later becoming editor in chief of Al-Ittihad, an Arabic language newspaper owned by the Israeli Communist Party, a faction in Hadash. She also became the first female member of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel. She also co-found the International Women’s Commission for a Just Palestinian-Israeli Peace.
She was placed 47th on its list for the 1992 elections, in which it won only three seats. She was 36th on the Hadash–Balad for the 1996 elections, although the alliance won only five seats. In the next elections in 1999 she was 28th on the Hadash list, again failing to enter the Knesset.
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